Climate averages 1991–2020
Makassar weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Makassar: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galesong (20 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Makassar, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Makassar ranks joint 130th of 200 for the warmest May highs and 167th of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Makassar is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 231 mm to 173 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Makassar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 446 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 349 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 284 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 292 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 231 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 173 | 19.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 117 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 255 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 433 | 29.8 | 12.412 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Galesong in MayIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Watampone in MayIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 283 mm rain
- Parepare in MayIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Majene in MayIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Palopo in MayIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 288 mm rain
- Baubau in MayIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Kendari in MayIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MayIndonesia · 376 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 96 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Makassar) is explained once on the Makassar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.